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Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Gezellig

A perfectly Dutch word which sort of means 'cosily convivial'. It describes exactly all of the best bars and restaurants that the city has to offer.

This italian place is nothing special to look at, basic furniture and plain tiled walls. But the food is stunningly good and the atmosphere is fantastic.

Very gezellig.

MichaelTGO the German for cozy is Gemultlicheit so my Deutche-dyke freund tells me..

hope you are having a super time Becky

Beckie J Love your love of words. You have to appreciate someone who uses words like coruscating (working on my repartee blog). Look forward to vicariously reveling in more eloquent erudite eclectic revelations.

Anonymous For those who don't speak Nederlands, the 'G' at the start and end of 'Gezellig' are pronounced by clearing phlegm from the back of your mouth, hence rendering the word sounding something like... 'kkkkkhhhzellekkkkkhhh' (the 'i' obviously being pronounced like an 'e'). Not quite as 'cosy' as might first appear.

Other great Dutch words include:

* Gracht (pron 'kkkkhhhrakkkkkkkhhhhht') meaning 'canal'
* Groningen (pron 'kkkkhhhhrowningen'), a town in the north east of the country, and
* negenenachtig (pron 'neykkkkhhhhenenakkkkkkgggggtikkkkhhhhh') meaning eighty nine...

Yours helpfully,

Kkkkkhhhhijkwindsing Lijkworpsnerd

Stephanie Rowe Glad your having a great holiday Becky.
I've love Italian food. What's Dutch food like?
I would love to go to The Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark or Norway but the Parents fancy going to Italy again this year. which is ok, I love Italy, but we've been there 3 times already.
oh yeah and how can I forget wanting to go to the states or Australia?

Charlotte I did wonder how long it would be before you couldn't resist the temptation to Blog!!

Well I suppose it is cheaper than a postcard and more likely to get there!

Debbie Huggins Hope you are having a blast.

Zoe Bergstroem Yeah cozy means in german "gemütlich" thats right. But gemütlich is not the same as "gesellig". "Gemütlich" could be very much. a sofy, a bed oryour favourite trousers - or a bar, but "gesellig" means anytime that there more people involved.

People which comes together in a smooth way are "gesellig" and a bar in which people could come together in a smooth way to talk, drink and diskuss is "gesellig", too.

Becky That's funny, Kkkkkhhhhijkwindsing Lijkworpsnerd sounds a lot like someone I know...

But she'd be too busy to comment on blogs on Valentine's day. ;-)

Anonymous Gezellig Canada

The word gezellig means so much to the Dutch that even 4th and 5th generation American Dutch and Canadian Dutch immigrants use it.

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